J. Carlyle Sitterson Freshman Teaching Award
J. Carlyle Sitterson Freshman Teaching Award
The winner receives a one-time stipend of $5,000 and a framed citation.
If you wish to nominate someone for the SittersonAward, please explain how he or she exemplifies excellence in first year students teaching.
Origin of the Award
This award was created in 1998 by the family of the late J. Carlyle Sitterson to recognize excellence in freshman teaching by a tenured or tenure-track faculty member in the College of Arts and Sciences. Lyle Sitterson, was a Kenan Professor of History and Chancellor of the University from 1966-72 and was a passionate advocate for inspired teaching of freshmen students. The first award was given in 2000.
Eligibility
- This award is restricted to tenured or tenure-track faculty members in the College of Arts and Sciences who teach first-year students for at least part of their teaching responsibility. Fixed-term and visiting faculty members are not eligible.
- Nominees must be teaching in the academic year in which they are selected.
- Individuals who have won a Sitterson award in the last five years are not eligible. Check the list of previous winners to be sure.
Selection procedure
- The committee screens applications and selects finalists for further consideration and works with a special committee of the College of Arts and Sciences to choose the winner.
- Screening of finalists may include interviews with deans or department chairs, reading of student evaluations, and telephone interviews of randomly selected students.
- The committee will forward its recommendations to the Chancellor.
